Interview | Sharan Venugopal: The response to ‘Narayant Munnamakkal’ is sometimes recognized after self-doubt

The first time I spoke to Sharan Venugopal, was before release Narayanente MoonnamakkalWe talk about how he comes from a family of bankers, his childhood in Koilandi, studying engineering in Thiruvananthapuram and Cinema in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, his national award winning short film, Oru Patira Swapnam Pool And how he cannot tell much about his first feature film. And he accepts as much as his first release as any debut director. “Actually I can’t say much about the film before release!” He says. We decided to speak again after release.

When we come on a call, a few days after its release, the shelter looks happy. Most of the fears of a novice director have gone. And with good reasons. Narayanente Moonnamakkal Rao has met with reviews and those who have seen the film praise for their first attempts. The script is also through him.

The film is about three brothers who meet after age because their mother is on his death. This is an uncomfortable type of waiting for unavoidable. Meanwhile, new lesions are provoked, while the relationship between brothers and sisters suggests a fragility and vulnerability. Penis under the surface. Alnsieers are Lopez, Jujo George and Suraj Venjaramudu Bhai, Vishwanathan, Sethu and Bhaskar, who conspiracy.

There is a lot in the film that the author could go overboard with asylum, but, as a critic, he shows restraint. It is a mature about a story that is reliable as well -hugged characters.

You know and understand where each is coming from, but, as an audience, you are not forced to judge or take the sides. Not when the brothers fight – on the division of ideology or wealth, nor when they take their mother out of her grief. Their objectives are not sublime, they are in fact, sometimes, petty. The brothers’ children meet each other for the first time, we see their journey of self-conscious with increasing pain. They unknowingly look at the flames.

‘Do you know such people?’

What does restraint and maturity show in the handling of the subject? “He (restraint) was in the film from the beginning. This is probably the language of my films, even small which I have made in years. And what you are, perhaps, shows in your films, ”all 32 years old with honesty. The decision to replace the filmmaker was not an Epifenic for him, it was born with a love of films, which grew during his tenure at Engineering College, which is a living cinema culture in Thiruvananthapuram, especially with IFFK .

He had a pool of acting talent to work in this film – Sajita Madthil, Suraj, Jujee, Alancier and of course, newcomer Gargi Anantan … This is a dream cast. “These actors were my first choice. When I was writing, these faces came to mind. When I completed the script, I approached the actors whom I considered the best for the characters and they agreed. For example, Jujhi Chettan Just heard Sinopsis and he was inside. Was part of Gargi Oru Patira Swapnam PoolWhich was chosen the best film on family values ​​at the 67th National Film Awards.

Does he feel pressure, as a debutant, directs actors of this limit of this experience? “No I did not. I was clarified about what I want from him and he gave me that.” Sharan speaks how some scenes were shot in the same.

For example, “Sethu (Juzo George) Monologue. Jujee Chettan Said that he would do this in taking the same. We were not sure how it would do PAN out but we gave it a shot … They did it in the same without a break. “This is the scene when the conflict comes on one head; Sethu, the middle brother, as his surprised brothers, asks them to leave.

What came earlier – story or character – he says, “This was a place/place, rather. I spent my childhood in Koilandi. I felt a relationship with that place, a certain apathy for people and Milliyu. I then put the characters there. The play then evolved, it was an organic process. “Temple and temple festival, ponds, huge ancestral houses with many of their rooms, a family for an opportunity and the first time meeting, the Camadari or the undercover of the old relationships – Sharan occupied all this with remarkable maturity. Is. ,

Suraj Venjaramudu, Alancier Lopez and Jujo George in the scene from the film

He started writing 2019, completed it in 2021 and started pitching producers. Post production was done by 2024. The film turned among the makers of the film. Producer, goodwill films, one more released was released Kishkinda Kandam, Narayanente Moonnamakkal It was then determined for the release.

He had a bound script ready, there was a rareness in these times of one-line pitch or logline. Sharan contacted each technician with this, “Appu Prabhakar, director of the film’s photography, who is also a friend, commented that ‘it has seen a bound script since a time’. He is a collaborator to cinema It is said that it is difficult to give and take any success among the technicians.

He is soaking in response to the film. Glad that it echoed with people. People felt that a relationship with it is a source of immense personal satisfaction for him. “That’s why I started doing what I do. This is not an easy process – making a film. People admitted that ‘it is not easy to get such a film in theaters’. Production House has been assistant. This (making film) was a challenging, difficult and long process with self -doubt … but its reaction is recognized to me! ,

This is to talk about its next soon, but what kind of film will it be fictionally? “I want to do something that is completely different from this one.”

Narayanenete Moonaannmakkal playing in theaters